HOUSTON - The Chargers are making it clear at special NFL relocation meetings in Houston on Tuesday that they have more than the nine votes needed to block Stan Kroenke relocating the Rams to Inglewood or the Chargers being approved to join the Rams at the Hollywood Park site.

The Chargers not only believe they have between 17 and 20 votes from the league’s owners but are counting on the recommendation from at least five of the six owners on the NFL’s Committee for Los Angeles Opportunities.

The committee will make a recommendation Tuesday to the owners. The Los Angeles Committee is viewed as one of the most powerful committees in the league’s history and includes Carolina owner Jerry Richardson, Art Rooney of Pittsburgh, John Mara of the Giants, Houston’s Bob McNair, New England’s Robert Kraft and Clark Hunt of Kansas City.

Under NFL guidelines, franchises need the approval of three-quarters the league’s owners in order to relocate.

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, a Kroenke supporter, has also submitted a proposal asking the league’s owners to approve the Rams' and Chargers’ relocation to Inglewood. Spanos has said he is opposed to moving to Inglewood. The Chargers are asking the league to approve their relocation with the Raiders to a $1.75 billion stadium in Carson.

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